Recent content by Neptune_Twilight

The ‘temptations' section annoys me, it's nice look at gear you can't afford (or I wouldn’t buy if I can) but a couple of months back there were as I remember 3 different units in this which seems to me the magazine is getting like 'Top Gear', fun to watch but not really that relevant if you are...

Thanks for that ! - I've found them around £39 delivered which is pretty good, I'm assuming it's because they have been replaced, I think I'll go for a pair as I'm on hol’s end of next week so should be fine *dirol*

I've been looking for a pair of earphones just for holidays & when away etc. for use with my phone, mainly Spotify - I found the Beyerdynamic DTX 101 iE's at a good price from an authorised dealer & with a 2 year guarantee, anyone had any problems with them breaking as there was a thread where...

Had a fair bit of CA gear in the past & never had any go faulty on me, the humble Topaz amp which is the only CA unit I now have which is used with my PC has been fine - Thinking back in the 40 odd years I've been buying hi-fi (some low) the only problem I've ever had with anything was with the...

As CD players matured & sounded pretty good I was glad to see the back of vinyl, even better was the advent of .flac streaming, I can appreciate that some feel that the rituals of playing vinyl add to their enjoyment but for me it's just the opposite - Streaming has enabled me to listen to CD's...

I pay the £10 for my 14 year old daughter for Spotify, all 3 of my grown up & left home children pay a tenner each for Spotify & they feel it good value & wont consider the 'free' ad version, though they all have hi-fi ranging from Naim to Onkyo, my two sons would pay more for lossles from our...

It's what you get used too, both my sons use Sky & are forever saying they find the Tivo & remote confusing & not on a par with Sky, after using VM for some years now I find the opposite true because I don't use the Sky interface every day - If you connect the Tivo to the net via Ethernet you...

There is probably more to be gained by listening to other’s systems than them listening to your own - A few of my relatives have decent hi-fi systems & all my three grown up children do (and the one at home is heading that way) and we all have our preferences of how we feel music should be...

The latest VM speed update (down) was really to get one over on BT's Infinity system (double their best download) but it's really the upload speed increase that people want improving, (well I do), eventually there will be 'Fibre To Premises' which will sort that out likely, however having used...

I've been with VM for some years, you can have set-top 4 boxes on a VM installation - I have 2 Tivo boxes & a V-Box which get's all channels but don't record (in my daughters bedroom) You do need extra boxes to be installed by VM but I’ve often negotiated & got free install - You also have a...

'DB Power Amp' is an excellent ripper, I tried quite a few & ended up with that' it's not free & not the prettiest ripper there is but has some great options, there is a free trial if you want to give it a go? *acute*

My point is (apart from the fact a smack in the face can offend ) is that new is not necessary better, old can be fine in the case of Cyrus for example - That was the OP's original point? Oh & he found the additional Cyrus PSU made little difference. Is it necessary to make such offensive...

A friend of mine uses a Cyrus 2 - Had the caps & phono sockets on a back changed a few months ago for a pittance by a guy who it seems does it for fun rather than money & it sounds great! - I can understand why he likes it, very simple amp but very forthright & far more powerful at driving...

Similar here, basically my system was setup with speaker placement to sound good with most music at moderate levels, if I listened to music at high levels (but only with some albums) I might need to drag to speakers out a little further - IMO it's always a bit of a balancing game as few systems...

When I log-in, I'm still presented with a 'you will be directed' dialog box, this does nothing, closing the box does nothing either refreshing etc. eventually brings the site up - I've got the fastest internet speed available in the UK on a SOA PC & the site takes an age to load, if I visited...